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Spending the summer at UC Berkeley is so underrated ☀️
Video description: Montage of summers at UC Berkeley. Students are relaxing and playing games on Memorial Glade.
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Did you know a UC Berkeley alum once commanded the International Space Station? Happy AAPI Heritage Month! Here are just a few iconic AAPI UC Berkeley alumni you should know about. ✨🐻
Let us know in the comments which AAPI UC Berkeley alum inspires you the most!👇💜
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Video description: UC Berkeley student interns Lauren and Rico take turns speaking directly to the camera to share historical facts. As they speak, photos of three notable AAPI UC Berkeley alumni appear on screen: actor John Cho, author Maxine Hong Kingston, and astronaut Leroy Chiao.
UC Berkeley students are truly some of the most talented photographers around. 📸 We asked our Official UC Berkeley Discord community to share their best campus shots, and we just had to post a few of our favorites.
The Official UC Berkeley Discord server is a place where current students can come together! We have movie nights, game nights, giveaways and more! Link in our bio!
Photo description:
Image 1: A hazy, golden-hour panoramic view over a campus featuring a tall stone bell tower, with a city skyline and bay visible through the mist in the distance. Credit: @wangyinhe.wyh
Image 2: An ornate bronze detail of Sather Gate featuring a star design, silhouetted against a dark night sky with the moon glowing just behind its top edge. Credit @snacc641
Image 3: Looking straight up the center of the multi-story concrete spiral staircase inside the Main Stacks towards a bright circular skylight. Credit: Discord user Soham
Image 4: The iconic Campanile stone bell tower reaches into a clear blue sky, framed by out-of-focus pink, orange, and purple flowers in the foreground. Credit: @yao.howard
Image 5: A view from inside the dimly lit Doe Library, looking past silhouetted reading lamps through a large arched window at a sunlit building and golden hillside. Credit: @l_jessieeee
Image 6: A close-up of a brown campus squirrel clinging upside-down to a tree trunk, looking directly into the camera. Credit: @creativelynivi
Image 7: A golden sunset view framed through the interlocking metal rings of the Hearst Mining Circle and reflection pool. Credit: @jasmine.vl118
Image 8: A warm sunset view of the Campanile tower framed by the dark geometric silhouette of a building’s balcony. Credit: @brandon.j.qi
Image 9: A heavily motion-blurred photograph of three people walking away down a sidewalk, focusing on the back of a person wearing a dark jacket with yellow “GOLDEN BEARS” lettering. Credit: @thrutheeyesofdav
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So many amazing memories have been made at my university 💙💛
[Video Description: A scenic video montage of the UC Berkeley campus. The clips feature the tall, stone Campanile clock tower, students walking and relaxing on the grassy lawn of Memorial Glade, and the green iron structure of Sather Gate. The video also highlights the classical architecture of Doe Library and the Valley Life Sciences Building, the interior of the East Asian Library, and various other campus landmarks. The footage has a calm, aesthetic tone. ]
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Rachel didn’t just turn her tassel once, she celebrated at THREE different UC Berkeley commencement ceremonies. 🎓🎉
Huge congratulations to Rachel and the entire Class of 2026, you all did it!
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Video Description: Senior Rachel documents her journey attending three different UC Berkeley graduation ceremonies, showing clips from the Campuswide Commencement, the Media Studies Commencement, and the African American Commencement!